Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - August 2
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What country was the site of the deaths of both Che Guevara and (probably) Butch Cassidy? Bolivia
2. What two-word phrase can refer to a Lucky Charms marshmallow, James Cameron's "Heart of the Ocean," or the world's largest almond grower? blue diamond
3. Name two members of major league baseball's 3,000-hit club that aren't in the Hall of Fame. Derek Jeter and Pete Rose
4. The singer of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" is serving time in California despite having committed his crime in what other state? "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" --> Nevada
5. What chemical element has a Greek name that was translated, when it appears in the Bible, as "Lucifer"? Lucifer--> phosphorous?
6. Italy's Cascata delle Marmore, created by the ancient Romans, is the world's tallest artificial what? aqueduct?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these occupations, among others? Architect, baker, barber, farmer, handyman, painter, poet, reporter, shoemaker, tailor. "Among others"? Then perhaps it is not such an unusual distinction
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What word for a tying goal in soccer was also a TV character played by Edward Woodward? This question is for people who are old enough to remember The Equalizer or young enough to actually follow soccer. I apologize to those of you in the middle. correct
2. By area, what's the largest landlocked U.S. state? Montana is almost 25,000 square miles bigger than the runner-up, New Mexico. correct
3. Currently, the most popular names for British baby boys and girls both begin with the same four letters and are both characters in Shakespearean comedies--As You Like It and Twelfth Night, respectively. What are they? Oliver and Olivia. I kid you not: Oliver is currently the most popular name for British baby boys. They will all be beaten up by the American boys they meet, since our #1 name is currently "Spike." correct
4. What nation's largest cruise ship collided with and sank the Andrea Doria in 1956? It was called the Stockholm, because it was Swedish. guess I forgot this because I was in sympathy with my captors
5. What African primate, closely related to the baboon, is often called the world's most colorful mammal? You may remember it from such weirdly colored body parts as "red nose" and "blue buttocks." It's the mandrill. correct
6. Who's the only actor that played one of the gang of boys in both The Goonies and Stand By Me? Corey Feldman. If only he'd been one of the "Explorers" as well. That would be the trifecta! one of these days I should watch The Goonies. A cultural touchstone that I missed.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these albums? Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not, The Beatles' Abbey Road, David Bowie's Young Americans, Jay-Z's The Blueprint, Keith Richards's Talk Is Cheap, Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, The Smiths' Louder than Bombs, Van Halen's 1984. On their album covers, someone is smoking. Yes kids, you can smoke and live to be 150 like Keith Richards. nailed it
1. What country was the site of the deaths of both Che Guevara and (probably) Butch Cassidy? Bolivia
2. What two-word phrase can refer to a Lucky Charms marshmallow, James Cameron's "Heart of the Ocean," or the world's largest almond grower? blue diamond
3. Name two members of major league baseball's 3,000-hit club that aren't in the Hall of Fame. Derek Jeter and Pete Rose
4. The singer of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" is serving time in California despite having committed his crime in what other state? "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" --> Nevada
5. What chemical element has a Greek name that was translated, when it appears in the Bible, as "Lucifer"? Lucifer--> phosphorous?
6. Italy's Cascata delle Marmore, created by the ancient Romans, is the world's tallest artificial what? aqueduct?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these occupations, among others? Architect, baker, barber, farmer, handyman, painter, poet, reporter, shoemaker, tailor. "Among others"? Then perhaps it is not such an unusual distinction
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What word for a tying goal in soccer was also a TV character played by Edward Woodward? This question is for people who are old enough to remember The Equalizer or young enough to actually follow soccer. I apologize to those of you in the middle. correct
2. By area, what's the largest landlocked U.S. state? Montana is almost 25,000 square miles bigger than the runner-up, New Mexico. correct
3. Currently, the most popular names for British baby boys and girls both begin with the same four letters and are both characters in Shakespearean comedies--As You Like It and Twelfth Night, respectively. What are they? Oliver and Olivia. I kid you not: Oliver is currently the most popular name for British baby boys. They will all be beaten up by the American boys they meet, since our #1 name is currently "Spike." correct
4. What nation's largest cruise ship collided with and sank the Andrea Doria in 1956? It was called the Stockholm, because it was Swedish. guess I forgot this because I was in sympathy with my captors
5. What African primate, closely related to the baboon, is often called the world's most colorful mammal? You may remember it from such weirdly colored body parts as "red nose" and "blue buttocks." It's the mandrill. correct
6. Who's the only actor that played one of the gang of boys in both The Goonies and Stand By Me? Corey Feldman. If only he'd been one of the "Explorers" as well. That would be the trifecta! one of these days I should watch The Goonies. A cultural touchstone that I missed.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these albums? Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not, The Beatles' Abbey Road, David Bowie's Young Americans, Jay-Z's The Blueprint, Keith Richards's Talk Is Cheap, Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, The Smiths' Louder than Bombs, Van Halen's 1984. On their album covers, someone is smoking. Yes kids, you can smoke and live to be 150 like Keith Richards. nailed it
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#3 -- Okay, that's pretty funny, because the two I immediately came up with were Rafael Palmeiro and Craig Biggio.
#7 - my first thought was "former occupations of U.S. Presidents." I think Andrew Johnson was a tailor, Thomas Jefferson was an architect... If this is it, it's kind of a convoluted question 7. But then again, after several hundred of them, it's gotta be hard to keep coming up with new material.
#7 is tough, but once you get it, you know that it is absolutely right, and why he picked this question.
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